Railway-rail stay.



No. 797,085. PAIENTED AUG. 15, 1905.

E. c. 'TEGKTONIUS. RAILWAY RAIL STAY.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 17,1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIcE.

EMIL C. TECKTONIUS, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNOR TO E. C. TECK- TONIUS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF RACINE, WISCONSIN, A COR- PORATION OF WISCONSIN.

RAILWAY-RAIL STAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedAug. 15, 1905.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL C. TEcKToNIUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ra cine, in the county of Racine and State of Wisconsin, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Rail Stays, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates to devices for preventing railway-rails from creeping or crawling lengthwise upon their supporting-ties on heavy grades and tracks where the traflic is entirely or mainly in one direction. Its main objects are to adapt a device of this class to rails of different sizes and generally to improve the construction and operation of devices for this purpose.

It consists in certain novel features of construction and in the peculiar arrangement and combinations of parts hereinafter particularly described, andpointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings like characters designate the same parts in the several figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation and partial vertical longitudinal section of a rail-stay embodying the invention as applied to a railwayrail which is shown in vertical cross-section. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the stay, one of its jaws being removed. Fig. 3 is a cross-sec tion of the stay, showing one of its jaws in elevation as viewed from the inner side; and Fig. 4c is an inverted plan view of one of the jaws.

a is a bar having faces t and c at right angles to each other, the face 6 being adapted to bear against the bottom of a rail-base, as shown in Fig. 1, and the face 0 against the side of a tie. The top or horizontal bearingface 7) of the bar is formed with a longitudinal channel cl, which terminates in downwardly and inwardly inclined end Walls 6.

The face 0 is preferably extended below the channeled part of the bar, forming a depending flange f and affording a wider and more substantial bearing against the tie. At each end the channeled part of the bar is formed with a bolt-hole and a seat g on the under side for the head of a bolt. This bolt-hole is preferably made square or rectangular to fit the square shank of a bolt and prevent the same from turning in the bar, and the seat 9 is formed in a plane inclined or oblique to the face 6 and approximately at right angles to the adjacent end wall 6, so that the bolt which passes through the hole and whose head bears against said seat will stand at an inclination, as shown in Fig. 1.

it h are jaws the bases of which are fitted in and movable lengthwise of the channel 0?. Each jaw is formed at its outer end with a downwardly-extended inclined face a, corresponding with and adapted to bear against the adjacent end wall a in the bar a, and at its inner end and on the under side thereof with a transverse groove or channel to fit over the base of a rail, as shown in Fig. 1. The vertical wall of this channel is formed with teeth and the top or overhanging wall with one or more teeth It, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4, which are adapted to bite into or be embedded in the outer edge and the upper face of the base-flange of the rail. The top faces of the jaws when they are seated in the bar a in engagement with the base-flanges of a rail are inclined downwardly toward their outer ends approximately parallel with the adjacent seats 9 on the under side of the bar a. The jaws are secured to the bar a and clamped therewith upon a rail-base by bolts Z passing upwardly through the holes in said bar and through holes in the jaws and provided at their upper ends, which are threaded, with nuts m. The bolt-holes in the jaws are preferably enlarged toward their lower ends, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4:, to permit the jaws to readily adapt themselves to their bearings in the bar a and on a rail-base without binding upon the bolts. The bolt-holes g in the bar a are elongated lengthwise of the bar, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, to permit of the adjustment of the jaws upon a rail-base and to admit of the employment of jaws of different widths or dimensions for rails of diflerent sizes or having bases of different widths, thereby adapting the device for use upon rails varying in size within certain limits. The

jaws are formed with reinforcements n at the ends of the toothed channels therein over the vertical bearing-face 0 on the bar a, where they are subjected to the greatest cramping strain resulting from the end thrust of the rail andthe tendency thereof to tip the stay toward the tie against which it bears.

When the parts of the stay are assembled, as shown in Fig. 1, on a rail with the bearing-face 0 against the side of a tie, the teeth 7' and k of the jaws are embedded in the basefiang'es of the rail by striking the jaws on their upper and outer faces with a hammer. The nuts m are then tightened on the bolts Z, and the jaws are thus securely clamped with the bar ato the rail, preventing it from crawling, creeping, or moving endwise without carrying the tie against which the stay bears with it.

Various modifications in minor details of construction may be made without affecting the principle of the stay and without departing from the spirit and intended scope of the invention.

1 claim- 1. In a railway-rail stay the combination of a bar having a longitudinal channel in the upper side which is adapted to be seated against a rail-base, and a vertical bearing-face adapted to abut against the side of a tie, said channel terminating with downwardly and inwardly inclined end walls, jaws fitted in and movable lengthwise of said channel and having inclined walls on their outer ends and bolts passing through said bar and jaws and adapted to clamp the same against the base of a rail. substantially as described.

2. In a railway-rail stay the combination of abar having faces at right angles to each other and adapted to bear one against a rail-base and the other against the side of a tie, the upper bearing-face being formed with a longitudinal channel which terminates with downwardly and inwardly inclined end walls, jaws fitted in and movable lengthwise of said channel and having their outer end walls inclined to correspond and engage with the end walls of said channel, and bolts passing obliquely through said jaws and bar and adapted to draw said jaws inwardly and downwardly against the edges and upper faces of the base of a rail, substantially as described.

3. In a railway-rail stay the combination of a bar havinga longitudinal channel in its upper face terminating with downwardly and in wardly inclined walls, a vertical bearing-face on one side and elongated bolt-holes adjacent to the ends, jaws fitted in and movable lengthwise of said channel and having their outer ends inclined to correspond and engage with the inclined ends of said channel, and bolts passing upwardly through said bar and jaws and adapted to clamp the latter upon a railbase, substantially as described.

' tiall y as described.

5. In arailway-rail stay the combination of a bar having horizontal and vertical faces adapted to bear against the base of a rail and the side of a tie, and downwardly and inwardly .inclined transverse walls at the ends, jaws having inclined outer ends fitted to the transverse walls on said bar and transverse toothed grooves or channels in their inner ends adapted to fit over and engage with the base of arail, and bolts passing upwardly through said bar and jaws and adapted to clamp them together upon the rail-base, substantially as described.

6. In a railway-rail stay the combination of a bar having horizontal and vertical bearingfaces,downwardl y and in wardl y inclined transverse walls at the ends and bolt-seats on the under side at right angles to said inclined transverse walls, jaws having inclined outer ends fitted against said transverse walls, inner ends fitted to lap over and engage with the rail-base, and nut-seats on their upper sides parallel with the bolt-seats on the under side of said bar and bolts passing upwardly and obliquely through said bar and jaws and having their heads and nuts bearing against said seats, substantially as described.

7. In a railway-rail stay the combination of a bar having a longitudinal channel in the upper side terminating in downwardly and inwardly inclined walls, a vertical bearing-face on one side and bolt-holes adjacent to said end walls and elongated lengthwise of the bar, jaws having their bases movably fitted in and movable lengthwise of said channel and formed attheir outer ends with inclined walls fitted againstthe transverse walls in said bar, and threaded bolts passing through said bar and jaws and provided with nuts, the bolt-holes in the jaws being enlarged toward their lower ends, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I hereto affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EMLL O. TEOKTONIUS.

Witnesses:

THos. A. FAGAN, T. H. TEoK'roNIUs. 

